kristina kuruma will tell you more about this, she is joining the broadcast. kristina, hello. and how have the main economic indicators of the far east changed? hello, the dynamics are positive, investments and construction volumes are growing. the economy of the far east is developing at an accelerated pace. over the past year alone... key indicators, the region outpaced the russian average by 10-20%. thus, investments in fixed assets increased by a third in 2023, the organization's revenue by 25%, and the volume of construction by 22. this happened thanks to state support and a preferential regime. one of the main drivers of investment is webrf, which provides preferential financing at 2% in the far east. the state is actively investing. development of the far east, due to its priority in state policy, the implemented support tools are in demand, especially preferential lending, which in the conditions of a high key rate, allows not to stop and implement capital -intensive and long-term investment projects today, without waiting for the easing of monetary policy. we help wit

measures, some of which will be paid for by income from frozen russian assets. khitritsity, yes, kristina kurumas with details, hello, kristina, welcome, kristina, well, what amounts are we talking about? hello, european commission will allocate 160 million euros, of which 100 million are income from russian assets. ukraine has lost half of its energy infrastructure, according to the european commission, this is about 9 gigawatts of capacity. this winter , the country's population risks facing interruptions in the supply of heating and running water. according to the head of the international energy agency, this year the problem is especially acute. ukrainians survived the previous two winters thanks to the hard work of our ukrainian colleagues and international partners in europe, but the coming winter will be extremely unstable, and we cannot afford to fail from the energy, economic, social and other points of view. the european commission is ready for the start of the heating season. according to the minister of energy of ukraine herman golushchenko, even this is not enough to cover the defic

our colleague kristina kuruma will tell you the details. kristina, joins us live.lo, what amount are we talking about and will it be enough to cover kiev's needs? hello, initially the states were ready to add $20 billion, but even that may not be enough. the united states dictates its terms to europe. the states are ready to help ukraine free of charge only if the sanctions regime against russia changes, bloomberg reports, citing its sources. and even if the european union gives in, the final amount may be less than the original. the final amount of the so-called gratuitous loan to ukraine from the countries of the family group may be not 50 billion dollars, but 35 billion euros. initially, the states were ready to allocate 20 billion. however , washington demanded that europe significantly increase the terms of sanctions against russia. in order to have access to profits from russian assets in the long term. currently, extensions occur every six months, and 27 states must make a unanimous decision. the united the united states is not supporting ukraine out of char

kristina kuruma will tell you all the details. kristina, i welcome you. so, what topics were discussed at the meeting? tell us. hello, we discussed issues of trade, economic , cultural and humanitarian cooperation. mikhail mishustin arrived in tehran for the first time on an official visit as prime minister. at a meeting with the first vice president of iran, the prime minister emphasized that russia attaches priority importance to expanding trade and economic cooperation. intend to increase mutual trade turnover. the trade turnover between the two countries is 2.5 billion euros. we expect, thanks to our efforts, to raise it to a decent level. the volume of trade between russia and iran in the first 6 months of 2024 increased by 10%, compared to the same period in 2023. according to the results of the first quarter, exports from russia to iran increased by... russia iran have great transit potential in the kasva region and in eurasia. we are actively developing international corridors, the north-south transport corridor, it connects russian ports on the b

a cosmetics brand is planned or the registration pursues other goals, is still unknown, here kristina kurumall tell you the details... she joins the facts. kristina, hello, this is far from the first company that is trying to catch on to the russian consumer after official departure. so, are they coming back? hello, that's right. american tech giants, for example, continue to submit applications to rospatent, as do other foreign businesses. foreign companies continue to register trademarks in our country, hoping to return to the russian market someday. according to rospatent, in 2023, foreign companies submitted more than 16,000 applications. the list includes companies from south korea, belarus, china, and even american tech giants: microsoft and google. despite the sanctions, they continue to register smart watches, electronics, applications and other it products in our country. american starbucks corporation sold its russian business, but in may it sent eight applications for registration of trademarks to rospatent at once. according to lawyers, this was done to protect itself from lawsui

kristina kuruma will tell you more about the situation on the energy market. the price of gas in europe has increased by 16% over the summer. among the main reasons, experts name the situation with gas transit through ukraine, the redirection of lng supplies to asia and hot weather. in june , the average price of fuel was $384. per 100 cubic meters, after a decrease in july to reached 437 dollars in august. the key reasons for the growth of gas prices in europe are high temperatures in the summer and , accordingly, high electricity consumption in europe, as well as speculative price increases against the backdrop of events in the kursk region. these two reasons turned out to be so significant that their contribution to the growth of prices was more significant than their contribution to the price decrease. the fact that storage facilities in europe are filled by more than 90%, which is an absolute record for more than 50 years. prices are affected by concerns about about. future deliveries via sudzha station. the transit agreement expires at the end of this ye

kristina kuruma tried to understand whether this is connected.an end to the decade-long legal battle between the technology giant apple and tax deductions in ireland. the court in luxembourg has ruled that the company must pay around €13 billion for tax violations. today is a big victory for european citizens and for tax justice. the court upholds the european commission's 2016 decision. ireland provided apple with illegal aid, which it must now repay. and this decision is final. the case began back in 2016, when the european commission's antitrust body drew attention to the fact that two irish tax rulings provided apple with illegal aid state aid, they attributed most of the taxable profits to two subsidiaries that existed only on paper, no activity was carried out, and the profits were not taxed anywhere. apple was able to artificially understate deductions to the state treasury from 2003 to 2014, the company paid income tax on the european part of the business at a rate of 5% to 1%, and this is instead of the usual 12 and a half in ireland, ot

kristina kuruma will tell details. welcome. christina joins the facts. level is. the budget deficit of ukraine. hello, it exceeds 13 billion dollars for the first half of 2024. the west is cutting spending on financing ukraine. according to the vedomosti, external infusions into the country's budget have decreased by half from 19 billion dollars to 10 and a half. in the first 6 months of this year , western countries financed 27% of the state budget expenditures of ukraine, although last year it was 50% for the same period. at the same time. budget expenditures for servicing existing debts, if in the first half of 2024 kiev spent 900 million dollars on this, then in the second half it was already more than 5 billion, and this is more than was spent on the economy, education, health care, taken together. the authorities expected to cover the deficit with external injections, but so far they have managed to attract only a quarter of the required amount, and if europe has maintained aid at the same level, then the states, financial donations have been reduc

kristina kuruma will tell you more about this. the economy of the far east is developing. pace, in the last year alone , the region has outpaced the russian average by 10-20% in key indicators. thus, investments in fixed assets increased by a third in 2023, the organization's revenue by 25%, and the volume of construction by 22. this occurred due to state support and preferential regimes. one of the main drivers of investment is the vbrf, which provides preferential financing at 2% in the far east. the state is actively investing in the development of the far east, due to its priority in state policy, the implemented support instruments are in demand, especially preferential lending, which, in the context of a high key rate, allows not to stop and implement capital-intensive and long-term investment projects today, without waiting easing of monetary policy. we use this tool to help launch a project at the early stages together with industry investors, thus performing the function that a development institution should perform. the